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Pressing to broaden the diversity of elite higher education, William G. Bowen, former president of Princeton, called on top colleges and universities yesterday to admit more low-income students by giving them preferences like those granted to...

Even at the nation's elite colleges and universities, athletes have become so narrowly focused on sports that they are far removed from their classmates academically, socially and culturally, according to a study of intercollegiate athletics in the...

THE GATEKEEPERS Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College. By Jacques Steinberg. 292 pp. New York: Viking. $25.95. FAIR GAME? The Use of Standardized Admissions Tests in Higher Education. By Rebecca Zwick. 228 pp. New York:...

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced yesterday that it was establishing a $50 million fund for museums, theaters, dance companies and other cultural institutions affected by repercussions from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, as well as for...

To the Editor: While James L. Shulman and William G. Bowen revealed some interesting trends in the academic performance of college athletes (Op-Ed, Feb. 22), they do not appear to appreciate the full value of athletics in education and life. This...

To the Editor: While the advantage given to athletes in the admissions process may be greater than that given to the children of alumni (''Playing Their Way In,'' Op-Ed, Feb. 22), it is a far more invidious form of discrimination to prefer an...